HC Deb 16 July 1923 vol 166 cc1890-2W
Mr. MARCH

asked the Minister of Health if he will publish a return of the vaccinations per cent. of the births, the total number of small-pox deaths registered, the small-pox death rate per 100,000 of the population, and the deaths from cow-pox and other effects of vaccination from the year 1872 to the year 1922 for England and Wales; and the total number of small-pox deaths for London for the same years, with the small-pox death rate per 100,000 and the percentage of the births vaccinated?

Lord E. PERCY

The figures, so far as they are available, are as follows:

Year. England and Wales. London.*
Vaccinations per cent. Of Births. Small-pox Deaths. Small-pox Death rate per 100,000 population. Deaths from cow-pox and other effects of vaccination. Vaccinations per cent. of Births.† Small-pox Deaths. Small-pox Death rate per 100,000 population.
1872 85 19,022 82.1 81.9 1,786 53.7
1873 85.2 2,303 9.8 81.6 113 3.4
1874 85.05 2,084 8.8 81.5 57 1.7
1875 84.9 849 3.5 37 81.0 46 1.3
1876 86 2,408 9.9 21 84.0 736 20.7
1877 86.3 4,278 17.3 32 83.9 2,551 71.0
1878 85.3 1,856 7.4 39 83.1 1,417 38.8
1879 86.0 536 2.1 36 83.4 450 12.1
1880 85.1 648 2.5 41 83.8 471 12.5
1881 86.6 3,098 11.9 58 85.3 2,367 61.9
1882 85.9 1,317 5.0 65 84.6 430 11.1
1883 85.6 957 3.6 55 84.2 136 3.5
1884 84.4 2,234 8.2 53 83.5 1,236 31.3
1885 84.7 2,827 10.3 52 83.5 1,317 33.2
1886 83.4 275 1.1 45 82.0 20 0.5
1887 82.8 506 1.9 45 80.6 9 0.2
1888 81.7 1,026 3.7 45 79.8 9 0.2
1889 79.8 23 0.1 58 78.6 1 .0
1890 78.0 16 .0 43 75.5 3 0.1
1891 75.8 49 0.2 43 73.2 8 0.2
1892 74.5 431 1.5 58 71.6 29 0.7
1893 72.3 1,457 4.9 59 70.7 186 4.3
1894 70.4 820 2.7 50 69.4 89 2.1
1895 67.8 223 0.7 56 64.2 55 1.3
1896 66.0 541 1.7 42 63.0 9 0.2
1897 62.4 25 .0 36 60.1 16 0.4
1898 61.0 253 0.8 26 53.8 1 .0
1899 66.4 174 0.5 34 58.8 3 0.1
1900 68.7 85 0.3 25 61.7 4 0.1
1901 71.4 356 1.0 17 64.3 229 5.1
1902 74.8 2,464 7.5 22 68.0 1,314 28.5
1903 75.4 760 2.3 26 68.9 13 0.3
1904 75.3 507 1.5 28 69.7 25 0.6
1905 75.8 116 0.4 26 70.7 10 0.2
1906 73.4 21 0.1 29 68.1
1907 70.9 10 .0 12 65.9
1908 63.2 12 .0 13 63.0
1909 59.8 21 0.1 11 61.7 2 .0
1910 55.9 19 0.1 8 58.4
1911 52.3 23 0.1 14 54.8 9 0.2
1912 50.1 9 .0 10 52.2 1 .0
1913 46.5 10 .0 7 48.3
1914 44.6 4 .0 6 45.8
1915 45.5 13 .0 11 48.0 3 0.1
1916 44.7 18 .0 4 47.4
1917 43.3 3 .0 9 45.6
1918 41.5 2 .0 5 45.7
1919 40.6 28 0.1 7 45.0 6 0.1
1920 39.5 30§ 0.1 19 45.6 4 0.1
1921 38.3 5 .0 8 43.0 1 .0
1922 27 0.1 7 20 .4
* The Administrative and Registration Counties of London were made co-extensive in 1901. The figures for earlier years relate to the Registration County.
† Figures for 1922 not yet available.
‡ Figures for 1872–4 not available.
§ In addition one death, certified as influenza and so classified, was regarded by the Ministry of Health as definitely ascribable to hæmorrhagic small-pox.